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reportApr 16, 2012

Do you borrow e-books from your local public library?

If you check out or download e-books from your local public library, please take our qualitative online survey and tell us about your experiences!
reportApr 16, 2012

Classifying Race and Ethnicity

Why do you use the categories “non-Hispanic Whites” and “non-Hispanic Blacks”?
reportApr 16, 2012

Obama vs. Romney: Which One Can Defy Political History to Win?

With the focus now fully on the campaign between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, commentary about the issues, the voting blocs and the strategies of the two campaigns dominates political discourse. But having polled on the last 10 presidential elections, I’m struck by a meta-question about each candidate’s viability that may trump all else. Obama […]
reportApr 16, 2012

Gay Marriage: The Electorate Changes, and Politics Follow

Seems like just yesterday that opposition to gay marriage was the strategy of choice to rally and energize the conservative base. In the 2004 presidential election, analysts believed that proposed state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage increased the turnout of socially conservative voters in as many as 11 states, where the measures appeared on the […]
short readsApr 16, 2012

Men Faring Better Than Women in the Economic Recovery

While men lost twice as many jobs as women during the recession, they have gained four times as many jobs as women during the recovery.
short readsApr 16, 2012

Generations Differ on the Rise of Unmarried Parents

Just over half (52%) of Millennials say that the increase in people having children without getting married has been a change for the worse. Older generations hold a significantly more negative view of this trend.
short readsApr 16, 2012

Religion: More Important to Americans Than Western Europeans

Half of Americans deem religion to be very important in their lives; less than a quarter of people in Spain, Germany, Britain and France share this view.
short readsApr 16, 2012

Increasing Number of Consumers Use More Than One Digital Device for News

Nearly a quarter (23%) of adults now get news on at least two digital devices.
short readsApr 16, 2012

Restrictions on Religious Beliefs and Practices Affect One-Third of World’s Population

Nearly a third (32%) of the world’s total population of 6.9 billion people live in countries which experienced a substantial rise in either government restrictions on religion or social hostilities involving religion betweenmid-2006 and mid-2009.
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Ask the Expert: Classifying Race and Ethnicity

Question: Your surveys often show results based on “non-Hispanic whites” and “non-Hispanic blacks”. Why aren’t Hispanics counted in these categories?

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Do you borrow e-books from your local public library?

Classifying Race and Ethnicity

Obama vs. Romney: Which One Can Defy Political History to Win?

Gay Marriage: The Electorate Changes, and Politics Follow

Men Faring Better Than Women in the Economic Recovery

Generations Differ on the Rise of Unmarried Parents

Religion: More Important to Americans Than Western Europeans

Increasing Number of Consumers Use More Than One Digital Device for News

Restrictions on Religious Beliefs and Practices Affect One-Third of World’s Population

Ask the Expert: Classifying Race and Ethnicity